HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 4495        FILED ON: 7/8/2009

HOUSE  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  No. 4195

The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

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In the Year Two Thousand Nine

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An Act Regulating Certain Insurance Benefits for Elected Officials of the Town of Newbury..

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows:
 

SECTION 1. Notwithstanding the provisions of chapter 32B of the General Laws, or any other general or special law to the contrary, an elected official of the town of Newbury who receives a stipend shall not be eligible for participation in the town’s contributory health and life insurance plans unless the official pays to the town 100% of the cost of participation in the plans, plus any administrative costs that may be assessed by the board of selectmen.

SECTION 2. Notwithstanding section 1, the town clerk shall remain eligible for participation in the town’s contributory health and insurance plans at the same rate of contribution as non-union employees of the town.

SECTION 3. This act shall take effect upon it passage.